I hope my email finds you managing these challenging times as well as reasonable.

As a Pasadena resident, I am reaching out to you to share details about a special Public Safety Committee meeting the City of Pasadena is hosting today, Thursday, June 4th, to discuss potential options for greater civilian oversight of the Pasadena Police Department.

The City’s Public Safety Committee is composed of four elected officials — Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek, Vice Mayor Tyron Hampton, and Council Members John Kennedy and Steve Madison. This is an issue they formally considered over five years ago — following several fatal use-of-force incidents and in response to requests by a coalition of local community groups including the Pasadena chapters of the NAACP and ACLU — but could not find a majority of Council Members to act upon (5 of 9 votes needed in Pasadena).

I recently had the opportunity to reconnect with a co-organizer of the CICOPP (Coalition For Increased Civilian Oversight of Pasadena Police), Juliana Serrano of All Saints Church, who shared that the coalition would greatly appreciate comments to the Committee from Pasadena residents and stakeholders in support of greater civilian oversight of the department. Per Juliana, the group recognizes that while greater oversight alone is not enough based on the impact of citizen commissions in other communities, it would be a concrete step for Pasadena after years of inaction on this issue.

Below are details on the meeting, including where it can be viewed online, as well as how community members can submit comments. As many people search for ways to engage locally at this time, I wanted to be sure to bring this to your attention.

How to submit Public Comment: Public comment can be submitted via the City’s online form. Simply select “Public Safety Committee”, agenda item 1. Please note that if you would like your comment to be read aloud to the Committee Members you will need to check that box on the online form submit your online response shortly AFTER the meeting has begun (2pm). Here is the form URL: www.cityofpasadena.net/commissions/public-comment

MEMORIAL VIGIL AT HOME TONIGHT. Passing this along,
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Peaceful, silent protest from home.

This Wednesday June 3rd, at 9:00 pm, for exactly 8 min and 46 seconds, let’s go outside our homes and shine a flashlight into the sky. That’s the amount of time that Floyd had a knee on his neck, pleading for his life.

All we need to do is to go outdoors (rooftop, front yard, back yard, street, any place outdoors) and turn on a flashlight, or emergency light, and point it to the sky for exactly 8 min and 46 seconds starting at exactly 9:00 pm.

Let’s get the entire city of Los Angeles to do it, let’s show that we, the people, can come together peacefully, even when we are forced to be apart. Let’s show that we care, and that we DEMAND change.

A light in the dark symbolizes hope, and I hope that we can incite change with a simple, yet powerful 8 min and 46 seconds gesture. It really takes nothing to join this at-home protest and we can make the city of LA bright.

Wednesday June 3rd, will be 9 days from Floyd’s murder. He lost his life in almost 9 minutes by police unnecessary brutality. Let’s come together and peacefully show that it’s not okay and that we demand change.

In accordance with Los Angeles County’s Order, the City of Pasadena is implementing another curfew from 6 p.m. June 2 through 6 a.m. June 3. No person should be in any public area unless they are emergency workers with identification or essential workers traveling to or from work. Any person found outside after the curfew is subject to citation or arrest by the Pasadena Police Department and Prosecution by the Pasadena City Prosecutor’s Office.

Out of an abundance of caution, people are reminded to stay home during the curfew. While it’s okay to walk in your neighborhood, please avoid business areas after curfew.

The City appreciates your patience and understanding as we take proactive measures to protect our community from the devastation and peril taking place in neighboring cities.

How to contribute – If you have an organic farm, a pesticide-free large yard or garden, an area full of fruit trees or native flowering plants, a flat roof with flowering vegetation nearby, you have the perfect home for honeybees.

Pollination services – The bees and equipment remain ours but in return you’ll reap the benefits of pollination without the training and hassle of opening a hive full of bees.

Rewards – Once the colony produces more honey than the bees need, we’ll extract the extra honey and share two pounds of raw treatment free honey with you per hive.

Benefits – By hosting a honeybee hive in your own backyard, you can do your part to help save the honey bees one colony at a time.

Hosting a hive is a great way to help increase the honeybee population in your local area.

An apiary is a place where beekeepers keep bees and beehives for the production of honey.

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Essentially it is a bee farm, whether small or large, and the beekeeper is an apiarist.

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Domestic honeybees are a critical part of the global ecosystem and of agriculture in particular, because they pollinate up to one-third of all crops that contribute to food production.

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Preserving and increasing the U.S. honey bee population has become more important than ever in recent years as parasites, disease, pesticides and loss of habitat have decreased the bee population across the country from 6 million managed honey bee colonies in 1947 to just 2.5 million in 2014.

This problem threatens more than $15 billion in U.S. fruit, vegetable and nut production, because yield depends on the pollination process. In an effort to restore the numbers to healthy levels, the federal government, sometimes through individual states and sometimes directly, has made grant funds available for businesses that raise honey bees.

iOS 13.5 speeds up access to the passcode field on devices with Face ID when you are wearing a face mask and introduces the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing apps from public health authorities. This update also introduces an option to control automatic prominence of video tiles on Group FaceTime calls and includes bug fixes and other improvements.

Face ID and Passcode

Simplified unlock process for devices with Face ID when you are wearing a face mask

Passcode field automatically presented after swiping up from the bottom of the Lock screen when you are wearing a face mask

Also works when authenticating with the App Store, Apple Books, Apple Pay, iTunes, and other apps that support signing in with Face ID

Exposure Notification

Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing apps from public health authorities

FaceTime

Option to control automatic prominence on Group FaceTime calls so video tiles do not change size when a participant speaks

Emergency Services

Option to automatically share health and other essential information from your Medical ID with emergency services when you place an emergency call (US only)

This update also includes bug fixes and other improvements.

Fixes an issue where users may see a black screen when trying to play streaming video from some websites

Addresses an issue in the share sheet where suggestions and actions may not load

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

iOS 13.5 speeds up access to the passcode field on devices with Face ID when you are wearing a face mask and introduces the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing apps from public health authorities. This update also introduces an option to control automatic prominence of video tiles on Group FaceTime calls and includes bug fixes and other improvements.

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

John and Kirsten, a pair of Pasadena-dwelling, kid-having beer makers. Our years-long search for a brewery location has ended and we are extremely excited to announce that we will be making their home at 2304 E. Colorado Blvd.

Our mission is to create a distinct, local brand that is respected equally for our great beer and relationship with our community and customers. We will be updating this website as there is news to share.

Finally, we will be co-located with the beloved local hang, Rosebud Coffee, in a fantastic, newly renovated space. Coffee then beer. Or beer then coffee. Or beer AND coffee.

A new restaurant, The George, is replacing Isis Lounge at 1615 E. Washington.

Owners of The George are planning a full service restaurant with bar.

They are requesting permission to have a full alcohol licence (beer,wine and hard alcohol) and extended hours from 7 a.m. until 12 a.m. daily. There is a Conditional Use Permit Hearing on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. to hear the case. The public is invited to make comments.